at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> all right. today another optimistic economic sign. this time coming from the housing sector, please check this out. we're going to begin with housing starts. we're running strong up to better than 900,000 per month. now, by the way, the peak many years ago was 2 million. so don't talk to me about bubbles. this is just about recovery. but i do want to just show you that this thing continues to roll up. it's up 28% year on year. now let's go to the second one. housing permits, same story. i'm sorry. should have cleared that. same story. but now i'll just redraw the line anyway. there you go. it's still running up. that's about -- let's see, 34% a year. here's something to think about. housing starts are leading indicator of the whole economy. and so that contribution may kick in this year, give us better than expected growth. housing permits are leading indicator of housing starts. so leading indicator of a leading indicator, which really got my attention today, and people who tell me we're having